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America Needs Focus on AIDS Crisis Among U.S. Blacks

The latest data on domestic HIV infections shows that African-Americans have a disproportionate share of new cases. Commentator Kathy Y. Wilson says that despite the gravity of the AIDS crisis in Africa, Americans need to pay more attention to the disease at home.

America Needs Focus on AIDS Crisis Among U.S. Blacks

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Sports

Deford: NBA Culture and Racial Stereotypes

Commentator Frank Deford looks at the culture of the NBA and the animosity that is growing between fans and players. He says the fight that erupted at the Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons basketball game is more evidence that many fans are turned off by the swagger and attitude of the players.

Deford: NBA Culture and Racial Stereotypes

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National

NAACP President Steps Down

The president of the NAACP is stepping down. Kweisi Mfume says he simply feels the time is right to leave. But others say Mfume's reluctance to challenge the Bush administration put him at odds with board chairman Julian Bond.

NAACP President Steps Down

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Sports

Notre Dame Coach Willingham Fired

Notre Dame's first black head football coach is fired halfway through his contract. Tyrone Willingham started out strong in 2002, but his last two seasons have been a disappointment. Joseph Kasko of member station WVPE reports from South Bend, Ind., on Willingham's 21-15 stint with the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame Coach Willingham Fired

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National

Children of Immigrants Seek to Define their Identity

In the second of two stories, high school students who are children of immigrants in Fremont, Calif., talk about cultural identity and the pressures to succeed academically. Hear NPR's Claudio Sanchez.

Children of Immigrants Seek to Define their Identity

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Black Farmers Challenge Government Settlement

Black farmers want to reopen a civil rights lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture that granted them more than $2 billion for past loan discrimination. After five years, reports show that more than three quarters of farmers seeking money from the settlement were denied, and advocates charge they have been discriminated against because of the way the settlement has been handled. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

Black Farmers Challenge Government Settlement

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Interviews

Eddie Williams Exit Interview

When Eddie N. Williams moved to Washington, few people knew of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, or even felt the need for a think tank devoted primarily to issues affecting African Americans. At the time, there were only a few hundred African-American politicians. Thirty-two years later, there are about 10,000. On the eve of Williams' retirement, we discuss the changes he's seen -- and some he hasn't.

Eddie Williams Exit Interview

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Study: Civil Rights Enforcement in Decline

A recent report by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse -- a non-partisan research center at Syracuse University in New York -- indicates the U.S. government's enforcement of civil rights laws has plummeted since 1999. NPR's Tavis Smiley discusses the report's co-author David Burnham, and Wan Kim, deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Study: Civil Rights Enforcement in Decline

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